Re: Gary - Had a Weekend Incident

Donna,
I posted to your other thread before reading this one, I am sorry to hear about Gary, I have been a lurker around here for a long time and have always enjoyed your pictures. My heart stopped when I first saw the title to this thread. I was glad to hear things are getting better.
Anyway, I wish the best for the both of you.

Re: Gary - Had a Weekend Incident

1- You know which way your wrist should bend. Use your other hand to gently bend it in those directions. Keep your fingers locked straight and your thumb tucked in. If it hurts, don't push it so far.

2- Hold your arm out straight, open your hand and spread your fingers as wide as possible. Now close to a fist. With both do it as fast and forcefully as you can without pain. Keep the back or your hand flat to the wrist (good luck here). Do it palm down and palm up.

3- Save the full pages from some news papers. Put one on a kitchen table or floor. Place your hand directly in the middle and crumple it up into a ball as you keep contact with the surface. Sounds like no big deal right? Just you try it...I'll wager you will not be able to get three pages done (heck, two will be a major chore).

4- Make sure you have ice enough to put on the wrist and in your Maker's Mark after.

1. Check. I almost have 100% flexibility bending the wrist back, as in throttle direction. Bending forward is an ongoing project.

2. Check. My fingers had full movement in the cast so they never got stiff. My right jab seems pretty good, so don't expect to get away with any verbal jabs at Sopiago!

3. Check... and mate! Yeah, finally got a newspaper from the neighbor yesterday and crumpled FOUR (count em!) 4 sheets in a row. What a freakin workout! Could feel a lot of muscles working overtime and while I prolly could have done one more it was tiring enough to stop after winning the wager.

I have to say, I'm realllly tempted to take the Bandit out for a test spin. But I know my strength isn't there yet. Good flexibility, but I'm sure I couldn't do much to right the bike if it decides to tip toward the right. It's been 10 days since I got the cast off and maybe, just maybe, I'll be able to ride to Sopiago next week.

Re: Gary - Had a Weekend Incident

Originally Posted by Gary

1. Check. I almost have 100% flexibility bending the wrist back, as in throttle direction. Bending forward is an ongoing project.

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I have to say, I'm realllly tempted to take the Bandit out for a test spin. But I know my strength isn't there yet. Good flexibility, but I'm sure I couldn't do much to right the bike if it decides to tip toward the right. It's been 10 days since I got the cast off and maybe, just maybe, I'll be able to ride to Sopiago next week.

Throttle open, ok. Throttle closed, still working on it. Planning to ride to Sopiago.